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On January 5, 2015, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officially assumed responsibility for the Las Vegas Township Constable's Office. [6] Las Vegas Township Constable's Office continues to be a separate entity but under Metro's Detention Services Division. [7] The Las Vegas Metro Police Department has more than 5,800 members.
On March 27, 2007, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was ordered to pay $1.48 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging Las Vegas police gave special treatment to an officer's wife who hit and killed a bicyclist in 1994. The settlement ends 13 years of legal fighting that began shortly ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Nevada.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 76 law enforcement agencies employing 6,643 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.
Constables in Nevada serve a four-year term. In Nevada the office of constable was the only partisan elected office below the county level but is now non-partisan like sheriffs in Nevada. The office is not fully funded by taxpayers, but supplemented by fees collected for various forms of service.
The agency is part of the city of Las Vegas Department of Public Safety (LVDPS). [1] City marshals are Nevada state-certified law enforcement officers and hold concurrent jurisdiction within the city alongside the primary law enforcement agency for the Las Vegas metropolitan area, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The LVCM consisted ...
The Sheriff of Clark County, officially The Sheriff of the County of Clark, is the chief law enforcement officer of Clark County, Nevada.The Sheriff heads the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, is elected by the citizens of Clark County, and is an independent agency with joint policing of the City of Las Vegas and of unincorporated Clark County.
On May 5, 2006, 4 out of 7 members (Dario Herrera, Erin Kenny, Mary Kincaid-Chauncey and Lance Malone) were convicted of conspiracy and multiple counts of wire fraud and extortion under color of official right for depriving the Clark County Commission and the citizens of Clark County of their right to the honest services of public officials.
The government of Nevada comprises three branches of government: the executive branch consisting of the governor of Nevada and the governor's cabinet along with the other elected constitutional officers; the legislative branch consisting of the Nevada Legislature which includes the Assembly and the Senate; and the judicial branch consisting of the Supreme Court of Nevada and lower courts.